A 4.0/170 is a pretty solid set of numbers. It will get you into most of the T14 with a strong shot at HYS.
Yale, Northwestern, and (to some degree) Stanford like to see work experience. The rest don’t care. More importantly, employers love to see work experience. Remember that you’re only in law school for a year before you interview for your job. That means you’ll have one year of grades and your resume to distinguish yourself from all of your classmates. Work experience absolutely helps sell a resume. I conducted interviews at a T14 last month and I can tell you that those with work experience did better than those without. Nothing sells a work ethic like actually working.
You may have sufficiently strong reasons why you can’t wait and have to go K-JD. You won’t be alone, though these days you’ll increasingly be in the minority. With a good enough school and decent grades, lack of work experience really won’t hold you back. You should carefully weigh your prospective [url=<a href=“https://www.law.georgetown.edu/admissions-financial-aid/office-of-financial-aid/upload/Georgetown-Law-Financial-Planning-Calculator-1617-v1.htm%5Ddebt%5B/url”>https://www.law.georgetown.edu/admissions-financial-aid/office-of-financial-aid/upload/Georgetown-Law-Financial-Planning-Calculator-1617-v1.htm]debt[/url] against the likelihood of ability to [url=<a href=“http://www.lawschooltransparency.com/%5Drepay%5B/url”>http://www.lawschooltransparency.com/]repay[/url] before selecting a school though, as slightly increasing your employment chances may not be worth another 6 figures.